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(No Model.)

O. 0. SMITH.

HARNESS SHAFT LOOP.

No. 386,093. Patented July 10, 1888.

CARL G. SMITH, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO O. F.BOBENMYER, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS SHAFT-LOOP.

. JPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,093, dated July10, 1888.

Application tiled February 23. IP88. Serial No. JG-L967. (No model.)

fastened between two metallic plates, G G, ex-

To aZZ whom it Jib/Ly concern.-

tending rearwardly beyond the leather to re- Be it known that l, CARL O.SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilccive the pivotin its bearings, while on its ton, in the county of Butler and State ofOhio, front end is the plate H. open slotted at h, and

5 haveinvented certain new and useful Improveprovided at one side ofsaid slot with ashonlments in Harness Shaft-Loops; and I do deder, h. Asthe part G is pressed down on the clare the following to be a full,clear, and exact part B, the plate H straddles a catch, I,swivdescription of the invention, such as will en eled in the crossbar band held by a spring, able others skilled in the art to which it ap- J,obliquely thereto, so that the part O auto- 1O pertains to make and usethe same, reference matically turns the catch I and allows it to beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and pass up the slot h until theshoulder 71 is to the letters and figures of reference marked reached.Behind this shoulder the catch I is thercon,which forlnapartofthisspecification. thrown by the spring J, so that the loop is The specialobject ofthe invention is to make closed and locked. [5 a shaft-loopwhich will need no buckles, and D is a keeper made of metal, having theside may be opened or closed in a moment, so as flanges, d d, and hingedon thepivot F, so that to put it on or take it off the shaft quickly,the saddle-strap is not only held, but prewith little trouble, and withno unnecessary vented from lateral displacement, while it can loss oftime. always adjust itself to the direction taken by 20 Figure 1 of thedrawings is a front elevation the saddle strap.

showing the shaft-loop closed on the shaft; What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Fig. 2, a perspective view showing it open andLetters Patent, is off the shaft, and Fig. 3 a vertical crosssec- 1. Atwo-part shaft'loop, one of the parts tion. provided with a swiveledspringhcld catch 25 In thedrawings, A represents my loop made and theother with an open slot and shoulder,

in two hingeeonneetcd parts, B O, and proas shown and described. videdwith a hinged keeper, D, having the 2. The combination of the metallichooks I) tongue (I to go into a hole of the saddle-strap b, connected bya cross-bar, b, and filled in- E. The part B has a leather body fastenedtermediately with leather, the hinged metallic 7o 30 between two curvedmetallic hooks, I) I), conplates G G, intcrmediately filled withleather, nected by the cross-bar I). These hooks exthe slotted andshouldered plate H, and the tend at both ends beyond the leather. Theswivcled spring-held catch I, all constructed ends If If form a bearingfor the pivot I which and arranged substantially as shown and deturnswith the part 0, and on which the keeper scribed. 33 D turns, while theends I) I) receive between In testimony whereof Iaftix my signature inthem the front end of the hinged part O. presence of two witnesses.

Around the pivot F is placed the coiled n springf, which throws back thepart O, thus CARL SMUH' holding the loop open for the reception of theVitnesses:

4o shaft. CHAS. F. BoBnNMYsn,

The hinged part 0 has also a leather body I. S. EvERsoN.

